by Ben Glover, FoxsportsLEADING into 2017 few would have predicted Manly would be favoured to advance to the second week of finals. There were too many question marks. They lingered over their head coach, their star halfback and a recruitment drive littered...

Manly legend Jamie Lyon grew up in Wee Waa, just under 600km from Sydney. Growing up in rural New South Wales, Lyon had to move to Sydney in order to start a professional rugby league career, signing with the Parramatta Eels and debuting in the NRL in 2000 at the age of 18.